Holy Spirit

Catholic Church

2309 Holder Road Mims, FL 32754 (321) 269-2282 holyspiritmims.com

Welcome to Holy Spirit in Mims, the “Friendly Town!” Live and grow your faith in the little parish with the big heart as we celebrate our Jubilee this year!

“Come, Holy Spirit.

Come now.

Come as you wish!”

View our color bulletin at holyspiritmims.com or by weekly delivery: thecatholicdirectory.com.

RECONCILIATION Wednesday ..................... 6:15pm to 6:45pm Saturday ............................... 3pm to 3:45pm By appointment, call the office, 269-2282.

BAPTISM, FIRST PENANCE, FIRST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION Contact our Faith Formation Director, Chris McCormick, (321) 269-7785 or FaithFor-mation@holyspiritmims.com.

MARRIAGE/MARRIAGE CONVALIDATION

Call six months in advance to schedule meetings with Fr. Andrew and Angela. If you weren’t married in the Catholic Church, why not call to discuss Marriage Convalidation?

ANOINTING OF THE SICK Fr. Andrew anoints the sick after the 11am Mass in the chapel on the third Sunday each month (July 15). Call the office for anointing at home, hospital or nursing home.

FUNERALS — DEATH/BEREAVEMENT After a death, call Father Andrew, (321) 269- 2282. Chris Doyon, our bereavement coordi-nator, will call you about funeral details.

Vacation Bible School July 9 - 13

Invite fr iends & neighbors ! FREE! Register online at

https://holyspiritmims.com/vbs

For more information, call or text Julie, (321) 266-7417

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

It's midsummer day! We have the advantage of celebrating one of the great hidden treasures of

our liturgical calendar on a Sunday this year. There are only three "nativity" feasts on our calen-

dar: for the Lord, the Blessed Mother (September 8), and today's birth of the Baptist.

Today's date is anchored by the Annunciation (March 25), when Mary learns not only of her own

child's advent, but of Elizabeth's child. We are exactly half a year away from Christmas Eve.

There are strong traditions around this feast. Just as the winter solstice provides a rich vocabu-

lary for Christmas, so does the abundance of light at midsummer inform this celebration. Just as

at Christmas, a religious festival spills over into culture. As summer light reaches its peak, the

sun-drenched zones of northern Europe see people staying up all night, lighting "St. John's

fires" in the long summer twilight.

Bonfires seem to be the unifying force in all these celebrations, kindled along the shores of the

St. Lawrence in Quebec and Montreal, with harbor illuminations in France. You may be most

interested in the custom in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Baptist's own city. People there will leap

into the sea between midnight and dawn to honor John.

Why not find your way to a pool, a lake, or a sandy beach today and plunge in to recall your

baptism? It's a tradition! --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

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PREPARE FOR JULY 1

FIRST READING—God did not make death, nor does God rejoice in the destruction of the living (Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 ).

PSALM—I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me (Psalm 30).

SECOND READING—Your abundance should supply the needs of the others (2 Corinthians 8:7,

9, 13-15 ).

GOSPEL—Your faith has saved you ((Mark 5:21-

43 [21-24, 35b-43] ). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lection-ary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

MASS SCHEDULE & MASS INTENTIONS

Spiritual Work of Mercy: PRAY FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

Deceased Special Intention

Saturday, June 23

4:00pm ...... Roger Kenney

Sunday, June 24

8:30am ...... For the Parish 11:00am ......

Monday, June 25

5:30pm ........ Maria Guillermina

Tuesday, June 26

8:00am ...... Raul Antonio Lucas

Wednesday, June 27

7:00pm ......

Thursday, June 28

8:00am ...... Jeanine Zolfaghari

Friday, June 29 8:00am ...... Peggy Niehoff

Saturday, June 30

4:00pm ...... Faith Zolfaghari

Beautiful Mass Intention cards with envelopes are available to inform family/friends of the

upcoming Mass Intention:

▪ Healing ▪ Happy Occasion ▪ Special Intention ▪ Repose of the Soul

A few weekend Mass Intentions are still available in July.

PARISH NEWS & EVENTS PRAYER LIST UPDATE—Quite often people call the office to submit a loved one’s name for our Prayer List, but in the future forget to let us know that the person has been healed or for whatev-er reason the submitted name can be taken off the List. If you know that someone on the pub-lished prayer list can be removed, please call the office, (321) 269-2282, or send an email to bulletin@holyspiritmims.com to let us know. Find the most current list posted in the breezeway or online on our website, holyspiritmims.com. Thanks!

PRAYER CHAIN—Our parish is blessed with many prayerful ministries, one of which is a prayer chain organized by Sandy Moos. Names may be submitted to the Prayer Chain ministry in a leather-bound notebook located in the vestibule of the church on the long table next to the Light-house Media display. Sandy distributes these prayer requests via e-mail to prayer warriors. These names are not necessarily included on the Parish Prayer List. If you’d like join this prayer chain, please call the office with your name, e-mail address or phone number.

ELIJAH CUP—Help! The summer Elijah Cup schedule has lots of blank weekends. Sign up soon to help pray for vocations during the summer months. If you’ve never taken the Cup home, con-sider taking a turn. A booklet with suggested daily prayers is included in the case. The signup binder is in the vestibule on the round table.

This week: Sunday, June 24, 8:30am — Dennis & Dianne Sweeney family Next week: Sunday, July 1, 8:30am — Angelamary

EMPLOYMENT MINISTRY—There are no meetings scheduled for June or July. This ministry is taking a break during the summer.

Spiritual Work of Mercy: PRAY FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

The complete list is online at holyspiritmims.com/prayer-list (Faith in Action tab). New names are printed here for two weeks.

PRAY FOR THE SICK Nick Urbano

Rosemary Skufca • Tom Hughes

Jean-Claude Tippit • Mary Orwick

Bienvendia Beatty • Donna Clark

Joe • Hannah Bestwick (unborn)

PRAY FOR THE DECEASED Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them. May all the souls of the faithful departed

rest in peace. Amen.

SUMMER WORK EXPERIENCE Corporal Works of Mercy: Clothe the naked, household goods provide for feeding & sheltering the poor

Teens and adults are asked to become Summer Volunteers at the Attic Shop Thrift Store. Teens earn community service hours while doing helpful work; adults feel useful contributing time to a good cause. (Parents, point out that this job will look GREAT on your teens’ resumé under Volunteer Work Experience!) Tasks include sorting & stock-ing donations.

Choose flexible hours; no experience needed. Call Mario, (321) 269-1699. Attic Shops is open Tu/Th 10am-5pm and W/F/Sat, 10am-3pm. Closed Sundays & Mondays.

11am to 1pm - Wednesdays (except not the first Wednesday of the month)

Holy Spirit’s Carpenter Hall Office & Activity Ctr 2399 Holder Rd Mims.

Serving our local community from Garden Street to Volusia County line.

New Hours!

The world's greatest need is not more Christians but more Christians

who practice their Christianity. --Anonymous

The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Page 3 June 24, 2018

FAITH FORMATION CHRIS MCCORMICK, FAITH FORMATION DIRECTOR

(321)269-7785 FaithFormation@holyspiritmims.com

Persons ministering to children and/or the infirm are required to be fingerprinted (Diocese of Orlando) and pass the Safe Environment Training. This needs to be renewed every 5 years. Call Dianne in the parish office if you think it’s time for your renewal, (321) 269-2282.

PARISH OFFICE — CARPENTER HALL 2399 Holder Road, Mims, FL 32754

Note the Summer Hours: 9am - 4:30pm ▪ Monday - Thursday

9am - 4pm ▪ Friday (321) 269-2282 ... Parish Office Parish numbers: (321) 269-7785 ... Faith Formation (321) 269-2252 ... Fax

Websites http://HolySpiritMims.com http://AtticShopMims.com Flocknote .................. Flocknote.com/HolySpiritMims Facebook .................. Facebook.com/HolySpiritMims Twitter ....................... @HolySpiritMims

CLERGY & OFFICE STAFF Pastor ......................................... Fr. Andrew Wojtan Bookkeeper/Manager................. Dianne Sweeney Facilities / Maintenance ............. Mike Gutman Faith Formation Director ............ Chris McCormick Music Director ............................ Angela Dirig

E-MAIL …@HolySpiritMims.com Parish Office .............................. Info@... Communication .......................... Bulletin@... Life Teen, Edge, Faith Formation ..... FaithFormation@... Music Liturgy .............................. MusicDirector@...

MINISTRIES — (321) 269-2282 Adoration .................................... Faye Smith Altar Servers/Acolytes................ Tony Eckhoff Attic Shop Thrift Store............. Mario Vento 3234 W. Main St, Mims, FL ...... (321) 269-1699

Bereavement .............................. Chris Doyon Communication .......................... Monica Benninghoff Council of Catholic Women ....... Jackie Hackbarth Edge & Life Teen ........................ Chris McCormick Eucharist Ministers of Holy Communion ... Leila Lee-Pow

Hospitality/Coffee & Donuts ....... YOUR NAME HERE Lectors ....................................... Trudy Martell Ministry to the Sick ..................... June Costello Pantry Outreach ......................... Jim & Bobbie Brown RCIA ........................................... David Tipton Technology................................. Cindi Cimorelli Ushers ........................................ Marc Lamb

DIOCESE & COMMUNITY EVENTS CAMP GAIA—Girls’ Adolescence, Independence & Achievement Camp (GAIA) is a week-long camp for girls entering 5th through 8th grades this fall. Grades 5-6- camp dates are July 9-13, 9am to 4pm. Grades 7-8 dates are July 16-20, 9am to 4pm. Camp rate is $125; scholarships are available. Limited to twelve girls in each camp date. Call The Women’s Center, (321) 607-6811, ext 2203 for more information. Applications are at the reception desk at the Women’s Center, 400 Julia St, Titusville, or download from their website, womenscenter.net.

MARRIAGE TROUBLES?—If your marriage has become troubled and stressed, unloving or uncar-ing; if you have grown cold and distant; even if you are divorced or separated, or are thinking about it; Retrouvaille can help. It has helped thousands. Our next program in Orlando begins July 13. For information call (352) 274-4614. This isn’t counseling or group therapy. All calls and names held in strictest confidence. Please visit our website at Retrouvaille.org.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL—That old clunker (working or even non-working) sitting in the garage helps St. Vincent de Paul Society of Orlando help others. Donating your vehicle is simple; the pick-up is free & we provide a tax receipt. Call (800) 322-8284 or visit svdporlando.org

NOTRE DAME AMERICORPS JOB OPENINGS—Notre Dame AmeriCorps at Hope CommUnity Cen-ter, Apopka, is recruiting volunteers to serve in a low-income community of immigrants, people of color & working poor. Volunteers gain job skills, earn a stipend of $13,732 for 11 months of service, receive an education award of $5,920, & health insurance. Services are provided in Central FL, tutoring, arts enrichment, family empowerment, serving survivors of domestic vio-lence, working at a credit union, working with 1st-generation college students, farmworker rights, help immigrants to become US citizens, & serving in other social justice-related positions. Bilin-gual Spanish/English helpful but not necessary. Service term begins September & runs through July 2019. Requires 35-40 hrs/week. To apply call Laura Firtel (407) 484-7736 or Hope Com-mUnity Center (407) 880-4673, ext. 23. Email LFirtel@hcc-offm.org or apply at www.ndmva.org.

BULLETIN SUBMISSION

Next issue July 8, 2018

Deadline 9am, Monday, July 2

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THE BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW OF THE SAINTS CATHERINE OF SIENA — “HEAVEN”

FR. ANDREW WOJTAN, HOMILY SUMMARY, JUNE 17, 2018

The "fear of the Lord" is not just a concept, but an experience that predisposes us to wisdom. The Biblical fear of the Lord is an intelligent fear, based on a deep perception of the holiness and maj-esty of God, which rightly recognizes the possibility of violating the law of God, despising His love, rejecting His mercy, and meriting eternal separation from Him. While the fear of the Lord is simply the beginning of wisdom, the end of wisdom is love (1 Jn 4:17), one doesn't jump into love without a deep and ongoing experience of biblical, Spirit-inspired fear.

It's interesting to note how the Father shows Catherine that as each person dies he/she actually rushes to where they want to be. In a very real way each person chooses their own destiny over the course of their lifetime and, at the moment of death, embraces what has truly become their choice.

Catherine summarizes the Father's words: So no one waits to be judged. All receive their appoint-ed place as they leave this life. They taste it and possess it even before they leave their bodies at the moment of death: the damned in hate and despair; the perfect in love, with the light of faith and trusting in the blood. And the imperfect, in mercy and with the same faith, come to that place called purgatory.

As horrible as the final moments of unrepentant sinners are, so wonderful are the final moments of those who die trusting in the mercy of the Lord. The just, on the other hand, have lived in charity and die in love. If they have lived perfectly in virtue, enlightened by faith, seeing with faith and trust-ing completely in the blood of the Lamb, when they come to the point of death they see the good I have prepared for them. They embrace it with the arms of love, reaching out with the grasp of love to me, the supreme and eternal Good, at the very edge of death. And so they taste eternal life even before they have left their mortal bodies.

All the Doctors of the Church share this worldview, in all its essentials. All of them write in light of the seriousness of the situation of the human race apart from Christ, the reality of heaven and hell, and the urgent necessity to order one's life as much as possible to the following of Jesus—right now. As St. Bernard bluntly puts it: You have made all things for Yourself, O God, and whoever wants to live for himself and not for You, in all that he does, is nothing.